Protector for the steel side sills of freight cars



Sept. 15,- 1925. 1,554,172

H. M. NESMITH PROTECTOR FOR THE STEEL SIDE SILLS OF FREIGHT CARS FiledJan. 15, 1925 amen tow Patented Sept. 15, 1925 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

HENRY M. NESMITH, or WAYCROSS, GEORGIA.

PROTECTOR FOR THE STEEL SIDE sILLs or FREIGHT cans. i

Application filed January 15, 1925. Serial No. 2,577.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HENRY M. NESMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at l/Vaycross, in the county of Ware and State of Georgia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Protectors for the SteelSide Sills of Freight Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ahighly novel means for protecting the usualsteel side sills of the steel frame of a box car, the device furtherproviding a reinforcement for the steel side sill.

One of the important objects of the pres ent invention is to provide aprotector of the above mentioned character which is associated with thesteel side sills in such a manner as to prevent the rusting as well asdeteriorating of the steel side sill, such as ordinarily results, due tothe leakage of the fluid contents of the box car and as a resultinvolves considerable loss and expenditure in repairing the steel sidesills.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a device of theabove mentioned character, wherein the same is of such construction asto permit the protector to be readily and easily secured in position,with respect to the usual steel side sill, the protector being providedwith means for receiving the lower ends of the usual side posts of theframe of the car as well as the sub-flooring.

A still further object is to provide a device of the above mentionedcharacter, which is simple in construction, inexpensive, strong anddurable, and further well adapted for the purpose for which it isdesignated.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparentduring the course of the following detailed description.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view, through a portion of a freightcar, showing my invention in position thereon, and

Figure 2 is a detail perspective view of the wooden protector sillshowing the manner in which one of the side posts has its lower endsupported in the socket provided therefor.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown thepreferred embodiment of my invention, the usual steel side sill of asteel frame box or freight car is illustrated at 1, the flooring andsubflooring of the car is indicated at 2 and 3 respectively. The usualside posts of the car are supported thereon in the manner well known inthe art, and one of these posts is illustrated at 1. The usual crossbracing means for the steel side sill 1 is indicated generally at 5.

For the purpose of protecting and reinforcing the steel side sill 1, Iprovide the wooden sills generally designated by the numeral 6. The samemay be either of the full length of the steel side sill, or may beconstructed in sections, and I do not wish to limit myself to theparticular manner in which the wooden sill is to be associated with thesteel side sill.

The inner side of the wooden protector 6 is cut away, as illustrated at7, and the laterally extending flange 8 is formed on the inner face ofthe upper portion of the sill as clearly illustrated in Figure 2. Thisconstruction enables the wooden protector sill 6 to be disposed adjacentthe outer face of the upper portion of the steel sill 1, and the flange8 will be disposed over the upper flange of the steel sill, in themanner as clearly illustrated in Figure 1. Usually the steel sills areof channel iron construction. The wooden sill is further provided with aseries of spaced openings 9, through which extend-the fastening bolts ofany suitable construction, it being understood, of course, that theopenings 9 are adapted to register with similar openings provided in theupper flange 10 of the steel sill l. The upper face of the flange 8provides a means for supporting the outer end of the sections comprisingthe sub-flooring 8, as also clearly illustrated in Figure 1. The top ofthe wooden sill 6 is provided with the transversely extending grooves orsockets 11, the same tapering downwardly from the outer face of thewooden sill to the inner face thereof. The purpose of these grooves orthe freight car to side swipe any passing car. The simplicity with whichmy device is constructed enables the same to be readily and easilyinstalled and will, at all times, be positive and efficient in carryingout the purpose for which the same is designated.

While I have shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of theinvention and the scope of the appended- :elaims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In combination with a freight car wherein the same includes a steelside sill, sub-flooring, and a side post, of a wooden protectorsillsecured to the outer face of said steel side sill, and a laterallyextending Wvherein the same includes a steel side sill,

sub-flooring, and a side post, of a wooden protector sill secured to theouter face of said steel side sill, a laterally extending elange formedon the upper portion of the wooden sill on the inner face thereof, thesame being disposed above the top of the steel side sill for receivingthe end of the sub-flooring, the top of the wooden proteotor sill beingprovided with transversely extending sockets for receiving the lowerends of the side posts.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HENRY M. NESMITH;

